Matthew McConaughay
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Popcorn will never be a star D, he was far from being the best player available.
Which contract did he sign for next season? With which team? Any links?I imagine the clause he was referring to is the transfer agreement.
But he wouldn't talk about having a clause if he wasn't under contract next year. So I doubt he's an FA.
Didn’t take long.Hughes is dead to me
Brad T is now Bubbles (trailer park)Didn’t take long.
If I heard correctly, some pundits suggested that he might be 18 months away.I like it. I wonder if they bring him over for next season or if he goes back to his pro team in Europe.
The thing is, in a vacuum, Reinbacher is a very exciting prospect. He had an exceptionally good year as an 18 year old in a pro year and has most of what you want for a three zone defenseman. Defensemen are harder to project than forwards and need more time but his projections are as good as any of the best defensemen out of Europe. He's definitely the best D prospect we had in years (although it's telling the best drafted defensemen in the last few generations, Markov and Subban, were not first rounders...)
But if Mitchkov is what he's hyped to be, this is one of the worst missed opportunities this organization has had. We haven't had an elite forward in decades now, and I'm sorry but Caulfield and Suzuki are great players but not enough by themselves. I think we could have done worse here but this organization still seems intent to just make the playoffs again and not be one of the most talented teams in the league.
I’ll love the pick if he starts averaging 40+ points per season. Until then I’m not thrilled.Second pairing dman is his FLOOR. He has the potential to be our #1 dman playing over 25-30 minutes a games playing ultra efficient defensive hockey WHILE providing offensive support.
You guys will love the pick soon enough.
One very positive thing I’ll say about Reinbacher is that he’s very advanced. He’ll be a 19 year old rookie who’s played in a pro league and at the WCs against men and looked solid. Has a very mature game that should translate easily. Hopefully he comes over as I imagine he’ll be quick to arrive. He, Mailloux and Hutson could all be Habs by season end. The question then becomes, who of the D do we move out? Eddy, Savard and Matheson? We’re gonna have a lot of bodies on the back end.I don't think leaving him in Europe is a bad option, but hes already shown what he can do at that level. Time to take the next step, plus the Habs can have direct hands on development.
Imagine an alternate universe where these last two drafts are inverted. Bedard and Jiricek.2 years of watching a miserable team play bad hockey but, it's ok I said to myself, we'll be picking high in the draft. What do we end up with? Slafkovsky and Reinbacher. You can't make this stuff up.
This is legitimately where I'm at. DR is probably a fine prospect, more than fine. But the sheer amount of hubris it takes to pick a D in what's projected to be a historically deep forward draft to me just makes absolutely no sense.The thing is, in a vacuum, Reinbacher is a very exciting prospect. He had an exceptionally good year as an 18 year old in a pro year and has most of what you want for a three zone defenseman. Defensemen are harder to project than forwards and need more time but his projections are as good as any of the best defensemen out of Europe. He's definitely the best D prospect we had in years (although it's telling the best drafted defensemen in the last few generations, Markov and Subban, were not first rounders...)
But if Mitchkov is what he's hyped to be, this is one of the worst missed opportunities this organization has had. We haven't had an elite forward in decades now, and I'm sorry but Caulfield and Suzuki are great players but not enough by themselves. I think we could have done worse here but this organization still seems intent to just make the playoffs again and not be one of the most talented teams in the league.
I’m not saying we had the opportunity to draft Fantilli. But as two teams that were rebuilding, would you prefer to be Columbus or Montreal? These years were historically bad for the Canadiens. We had a first round pick, and Columbus best pick was a 3rd overall.That makes no sense.
We had no shot at Fantili, and nobody had Jiricek going 1st overall or even top 3 last draft.
I don't see why he can't achieve that. I see 50-60+ in him.I’ll love the pick if he starts averaging 40+ points per season. Until then I’m not thrilled.
Which contract did he sign for next season? With which team? Any links?